# US 2021/0176533 A1 · Method and appratus for selecting and managing content

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- Number: US 2021/0176533 A1
- Document ID: US20210176533A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/705,292
- Filed: 2019-12-06
- Published: 2021-06-10
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-06
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Inventors: James Gordon Beattie, JR.; Haywood S. Peitzer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210176533A1

## CPC

- H04N 21/47202: {for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand}
- H04N 21/23424: {involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement}
- H04N 21/2396: {characterized by admission policies (admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08)}
- H04N 21/25816: {involving client authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06)}
- H04N 21/25883: {being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address (arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52)}
- H04N 21/25891: {being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)}
- H04N 21/2665: Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
- H04N 21/2668: Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles {(information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063)}
- H04N 21/44222: {Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activity (monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33)}
- H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that facilitates selecting user profiles based on information associated with a subscriber identity module, presenting, according to a user profile, a customized interface for selecting media content sourced by disparate media content service providers, and managing presentation of advertisement content by tracking the media content service providers from which the media content is sourced. Other embodiments are disclosed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
detecting a first portable communication device that utilizes a first subscriber identity module (SIM), the first portable communication device utilized by a first user;
receiving first information associated with the first SIM;
selecting, according to the first information associated with the first SIM, a first user profile selectable from a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles associated with SIM information from a plurality of portable communication devices of differing users, the plurality of portable communication devices including the first portable communication device;
presenting a first graphical user interface (GUI) with a first plurality of selectable media content that correlates to first preferences identified in the first user profile, each selectable media content of the first plurality of selectable media content being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of differing media content service providers;
detecting a first selection of first media content from the first plurality of selectable media content;
identifying from the plurality of differing media content service providers a first media content service provider that is associated with the first media content;
submitting a first request to the first media content service provider associated with the first media content, wherein the first request includes an identification of the first media content, an identification of the first user, subscriber information relating to the first user, demographic information relating to the first user, psychographic information relating to the first user, and information that identifies the first media content service provider;
responsive to the submitting, receiving the first media content from the first media content service provider; and
presenting the first media content.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises presenting first advertisement content prior to presenting the first media content.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise notifying an advertisement system supplying the first advertisement content that the first media content is being supplied by the first media content service provider, responsive to the notifying, the advertisement system facilitating preventing or decreasing a frequency of presentation of the first advertisement content in relation to second media content supplied by a second media content provider of the plurality of differing media content service providers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, wherein an advertisement system facilitates selecting the first advertisement content according to metadata associated with the first media content.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, wherein the first advertisement content is supplied by an advertisement system responsive to the first request.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise:
notifying an advertisement system that the first media content is supplied by the first media content service provider, and wherein the advertisement system selects the first advertisement content according to the first request;
detecting a second selection of second media content from the first plurality of selectable media content; and
notifying the advertisement system that the second media content is supplied by a second media content service provider that differs from the first media content service provider.

### Claim 7

(canceled)

### Claim 8

(canceled)

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The device of claim 6, wherein the advertisement system facilitates preventing or decreasing a frequency of presentation of the first advertisement content in relation to the second media content supplied by the second media content service provider.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The device of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:
generating a second request directed to the second media content service provider to deliver the second media content, the advertisement system facilitating a selection of second advertisement content according to the second request and an identity of the second media content service provider, the second advertisement content selected by the advertisement system so as to differ from the first advertisement content to prevent or reduce a frequency of presentation of the first advertisement content in relation to the second media content;
responsive to the second request, receiving the second media content from the second media content service provider; and
presenting the second advertisement content prior to the second media content.

### Claim 11

(canceled)

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
detecting a second portable communication device that utilizes a second SIM, the second portable communication device utilized by a second user that differs from the first user;
receiving second information associated with the second SIM;
obtaining a second user profile from the plurality of user profiles based on the second information associated with the second SIM; and
presenting a second GUI with a second plurality of selectable media content that correlates to second preferences identified in the second user profile, wherein the first GUI differs from the second GUI, and wherein the first plurality of selectable media content differs from the second plurality of selectable media content.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first information associated with the first SIM comprises an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), wherein the first user profile of the plurality of user profiles is assigned to the IMSI or the IMEI, and wherein other user profiles in the plurality of user profiles are assigned a differing IMSI or differing IMEI.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
monitoring advertisement content directed to other devices in a vicinity of the device; and
submitting information to an advertisement system associated with the advertisement content directed to the other devices,
wherein the advertisement system facilitates preventing or decreasing a frequency of advertisement content delivered to the device that is similar or same as advertisement content directed to the other devices.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving information associated with a subscriber identity module (SIM) of a portable communication device;
selecting, according to the information associated with the SIM, a user profile selectable from a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles associated with SIM information from a plurality of portable communication devices of differing users, the plurality of portable communication devices including the portable communication device;
presenting a graphical user interface with a plurality of selectable media content that correlates to preferences identified in the user profile, each selectable media content of the plurality of selectable media content being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of differing media content service providers;
detecting a selection of media content from the plurality of selectable media content;
identifying from the plurality of differing media content service providers a media content service provider that is associated with the media content;
submitting a request to the media content service provider associated with the media content, wherein the request includes an identification of the media content, an identification of a user associated with the user profile, subscriber information relating to the user, demographic information relating to the user, psychographic information relating to the user, and information that identifies the media content service provider;
responsive to the submitting, receiving the media content from the media content service provider; and
presenting advertisement content prior to presenting the media content.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise notifying an advertisement system supplying the advertisement content that the media content is being supplied by the media content service provider, responsive to the notifying, the advertisement system facilitating preventing or decreasing a frequency of presentation of the advertisement content in relation to second media content supplied by a second media content provider of the plurality of differing media content service providers.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein an advertisement system facilitates selecting the advertisement content according to metadata associated with the media content.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the advertisement content is supplied by an advertisement system responsive to the request.

### Claim 19

A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including a processor, information associated with a subscriber identity module (SIM) of a portable communication device;
selecting, by the processing system according to the information associated with the SIM, a user profile selectable from a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles associated with SIM information from a plurality of portable communication devices of differing users, the plurality of portable communication devices including the portable communication device;
presenting, by the processing system, a graphical user interface with a plurality of selectable media content that correlates to preferences identified in the user profile, each selectable media content of the plurality of selectable media content being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of differing media content service providers;
detecting, by the processing system, a selection of media content from the plurality of selectable media content;
identifying, by the processing system, from the plurality of differing media content service providers a media content service provider that is associated with the media content;
submitting, by the processing system, a request to an advertisement system and the media content service provider associated with the media content, wherein the request includes an identification of the media content, an identification of a user associated with the user profile, subscriber information relating to the user, demographic information relating to the user, psychographic information relating to the user, and information that identifies the media content service provider;
responsive to the submitting, receiving, by the processing system, the media content from the media content service provider and advertisement content from the advertisement system; and
presenting, by the processing system, the advertisement content prior to presenting the media content.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, wherein the advertisement system facilitates preventing or reducing a frequency of presentation of the advertisement content based on an identity of each of the plurality of differing media content service providers.

### Claim 21 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first request includes information that identifies the first portable communication device, information that identifies a geographic location of the first portable communication device, and information that identifies a time of the first selection of the first media content.

### Claim 22 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user profiles is stored in the memory.

### Claim 23 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user profiles is stored in a database that is remote from the device, and wherein the operations further comprise:
obtaining the first user profile from the database.